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THE NEW YORK TIMES

Biden Aims to Bolster U.S. Alliances in Europe, but Challenges Loom

President Biden will face his own challenges when he departs on Wednesday, especially as the United States confronts a disruptive Russia and a rising China while trying to reassemble and rally the shaken Western alliance as it emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

U.S. Seizes Share of Ransom From Hackers in Colonial Pipeline Attack

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said on Monday that it had seized much of the ransom that a major U.S. pipeline operator had paid last month to a Russian hacking collective, turning the tables on the hackers by reaching into a digital wallet to snatch back millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Senate Poised to Pass Huge Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China

WASHINGTON — Faced with an urgent competitive threat from China, the Senate is poised to pass the most expansive industrial policy legislation in U.S. history, blowing past partisan divisions over government support for private industry to embrace a nearly quarter-trillion-dollar investment in building up America’s manufacturing and technological edge.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

For Years, Netanyahu Outlasted His Rivals. What Changed This Week?

Mr. Lapid’s dexterity in constructing a somewhat gravity defying coalition has certainly been a factor. But Mr. Netanyahu himself played a crucial role, alienating former far-right allies and causing concern with his refusal to step down while facing trial on corruption charges.

THE GUARDIAN

World must rewild on massive scale to heal nature and climate, says UN 

The world must rewild and restore an area the size of China to meet commitments on nature and the climate, says the UN, and the revival of ecosystems must be met with all the ambition of the space race. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Here Are America’s Top Methane Emitters. Some Will Surprise You.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Amid Historic Drought, a New Water War in the West

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Israel Moves Toward Coalition Deal That Could Sideline Netanyahu

JERUSALEM — The longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history, Benjamin Netanyahu, faced the most potent threat yet to his grip on power Sunday after an ultranationalist power-broker, Naftali Bennett, said his party would work with opposition leaders to build an alternative government to force Mr. Netanyahu from office.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Russia Appears to Carry Out Hack Through System Used by U.S. Aid Agency

Hackers linked to Russia’s main intelligence agency surreptitiously seized an email system used by the State Department’s international aid agency to burrow into the computer networks of human rights groups and other organizations of the sort that have been critical of President Vladimir V. Putin, Microsoft Corporation disclosed on Thursday.

THE GUARDIAN

Global ‘fair tax’ deal on a knife edge, says UK Treasury source

A global tax deal that would impose a minimum 15% tax on the profits of major international tech companies is on a “knife edge” ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall next month, as the UK government pushes for a deal.